Nikki Hudson

Personal information
Born	(1976-07-06) 6 July 1976 (age 47)
Medal record Women's field hockey Representing  Australia Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team World Cup 1998 Utrecht Team 2006 Madrid Team Champions Trophy 1995 Mar del Plata Team 1997 Berlin Team 1999 Brisbane Team 2005 Canberra Team 2000 Amstelveen Team 2001 Amstelveen Team Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur Team 2006 Melbourne Team 2002 Manchester Team

Nicole Elaine Hudson OAM (née Mott; born 6 July 1976) is an Australian former women's field hockey player. She was the captain of the Hockeyroos, Australia's national women's team, until her retirement from international hockey in 2009. She made her debut for Australia in 1993 and won gold at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Her AHL team is the Queensland Scorchers.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she scored in Australia's first two games, scoring the second goal in an comeback to win 5–4 against Korea, and a skillful individual effort against Spain. The goal against Spain was her 98th international goal, in her 299th international appearance. Her 99th goal for Australia came against South Africa in the following match. The match was Hudson's 300th appearance for her country, as she became the first woman to play 300 international Hockey matches for Australia.^[1]

Sponsorship

Hudson put her name to special editions of the Mazon Black Magic stick, featuring a special black-and-pink colour scheme.

Media work

Following her retirement from international hockey in 2009, Hudson was employed by One HD and Channel Ten for the women's hockey matches at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Dehli, and appeared on Good News Week in the leadup to the event as a cross-promotion.